After a five-year court battle, New Jersey s medical aid-in-dying law has been affirmed by the state s Supreme Court, which rejected an attempt to overturn the statute. Signed by the governor in 2019, the law was soon challenged by a physician based on religious, personal and constitutional grounds. It allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get a prescription they can use to end their lives. .
Dave Beal said increasing activity requires boosting awareness of the program since many efforts are behind the scenes: “Americorps is invisible, despite the fact that there is a lot going on.”
By Anya Petrone Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration When Vivian Montano was in jail, her favorite day of the week was Tuesday. That was the day she, along with a small group of other women, would be transported nearly 90 miles to the Olive Tree Creative Arts and Community Center for a day of behavioral health programming. The Olive Tree “kept me going,” Montano said. .
MANKATO — Recent listening sessions held in Mankato reinforced the need for math and reading tutors among other AmeriCorps members in the community, said ServeMinnesota CEO Julia Quanrud.
Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Minnesota residents are reminded to seek out service opportunities to make their communities a better place to live. MLK Day is the only federal holiday recognized as a day of service. .
The nonprofit has added new programs to respond to emerging crises, from short-staffed nonprofits during the pandemic to Afghan refugee resettlement services.